The Zeitgeist List · coordinating

Dan Enos

Offensive coordinator across 3 programs, 5 stints, before and after wearing the head-coach hat — every season measured on the same axis, whether he personally ran the unit or someone else did.

How to read this. Coordinator seasons come from coordinator_journeys(); head-coaching-era seasons are the same unit's FBS-relative percentile for those years, regardless of who coached it, read directly from staff_assignments. A role change (a “hinge”) is a fact, never a performance verdict — only the season-by-season data itself is colored by outcome.

The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Dan Enos

Followed Butch Jones. Dan Enos held Central Michigan at Regional Program II for 5 seasons.

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2010–2014 · 1 stint

Central Michigan

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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

Central Michigan, 5 seasons

−2.8

Regional Program II → Regional Program III.

Style position and drift

Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.

Pass rate — share of offensive plays that were pass attemptsfirst covered seasonmost recent covered seasonfull season-to-season range (3+ covered seasons)

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

5–4 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Matt Campbell.

Rivalry record

5–4

55.6% · 2 rivals

One-score games

9–9

50.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Western Michigan2–340%

Eastern Michigan3–175%

The toughest matchup

vs. Matt Campbell0–4

4 meetings, 2011–2014

’11 L’12 L’13 L’14 L · blew a 4-pt lead

0% win rate across a real, 4-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Power Program

1–3 25.0%

National Program

2–6 25.0%

Regional Program

15–25 37.5%

Coaching career

2010–2014

Central Michigancaretaker

Regional Program II → Regional Program II

Dan Enos held Central Michigan at Regional Program II for 5 seasons.

5th-best Central Michigan tenure of 10 by the numbers.

Followed Butch Jones (2007–2009) · succeeded by John Bonamego (2015–2018).

Season	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Record & result
Record	3–9	3–9	7–6	6–6	7–6
Postseason	—	—	—	—	L bowl
Recruiting rank	—	—	—	—	#115
Style — pass rate
Pass rate	—	—	—	—	43.1
Coordinators
OC	—	—	—	—	Morris Watts
DC	—	—	—	—	Joe Tumpkin
Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile
Offense	—	—	—	—	69
Defense	—	—	—	—	59
Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only)
1st-down pass%	—	—	—	—	37.7
Red-zone pass%	—	—	—	—	29.5
4th-down go%opp. territory	—	—	—	—	34.3

Where the roster comes from, by position

Grows Tight end from high school

100%

#164 of 188 stints

Grows Running back from high school

100%

#196 of 208 stints

Postseason detail2014: Lost to Western Kentucky 48–49 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl

4 NFL Draft picks: Dan LeFevour (2010), Antonio Brown (2010), Eric Fisher (2013), L.T. Walton (2015)

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